My M1 iPad won’t recognize my 10G Ethernet adapter. I’m curious if the 2.5G works with iPhone 15.
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iPhone 15 Models Support USB-C to Ethernet for Faster Internet Speeds
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Makes me wonder if they'll ever offer a Samsung DeX type option. I probably wouldn't use it, but I can imagine it being useful to people who wouldn't buy a desktop any more.
Was also able to do this with a 2015 Google Nexus 6P but not with a 2017 Essential PH-1 phone.
I think you're missing the point here. They are simply pointing out a feature.
That’s the radio link transmission rate, not the effective throughput. Try to measure download speeds on that connection.
Here is an example of actual measured throughputs:
The Wifi 6 rate is close to what you can get over a gigabit ethernet link.
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MAYBE on the highest end iPhone models.
All other attempts in the past by manufacturers have been pretty much duds. Windows Phone actually had the most promise, but Microsoft was way too slow into taking mobile seriously for it to ever take off.
Obviously this isn’t all that useful since you don’t really want to plug your iPhone in just for marginally increased wifi speed.
However, what would have been truly incredibly beneficial and amazing is if Apple had allowed USB-C to Ethernet to output the iPhone Hotspot directly to another device. This would have allowed for far faster, more stable, and lower latency Hotspot and likely far less power consumption from the iPhone itself.
I use my iPhone to Hotspot to my PS5 for online multiplayer in Call of Duty because online multiplayer takes very little data. If I could output via USB-C to Ethernet directly into the PS5 it would result in a far better connection.
I do not understand why Apple won’t allow this extremely useful feature. I assume it didn’t become available with the USB-C iPhone 15 Pros either.
However, what would have been truly incredibly beneficial and amazing is if Apple had allowed USB-C to Ethernet to output the iPhone Hotspot directly to another device. This would have allowed for far faster, more stable, and lower latency Hotspot and likely far less power consumption from the iPhone itself.
I use my iPhone to Hotspot to my PS5 for online multiplayer in Call of Duty because online multiplayer takes very little data. If I could output via USB-C to Ethernet directly into the PS5 it would result in a far better connection.
I do not understand why Apple won’t allow this extremely useful feature. I assume it didn’t become available with the USB-C iPhone 15 Pros either.
I believe this is supported on macOS via Lightning (via the”iPhone USB” interface), so it should work with USB-C. However, I do not know if it works on Windows.
It's probably a small percentage of people who would take advantage of such a feature. Connecting an iphone or android via usb to any PC results in a better connection and I think most are happy with that being an option. I know it was very useful when I used to travel for work and hotel internet was being hotel internet.
Far more people would use Hotspot out over Ethernet, than WiFi in via Ethernet. iPhones have extremely good radios and they’re extremely efficient at receiving a WiFi signal. Contrastingly, outputting Hotspot is extremely demanding. Moreover, Hotspot requires extremely close proximity to the iPhone to begin with, whereas WiFi does not. Ethernet out makes more sense in every way.
Now we can set up our iPhone 15's faster. Nice! 🤣
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I have a 2.5 GbE one and got 2.3 Gbps which sounds about right for my ISP which is techincally only 2 Gig.
I was also getting around 1.2 Gbps on Wifi 6E.
Umm… didn’t read the entire article, did you? 🤣
(The article isn’t even that long, lol.)
I hear you and it's probably something they should do, but Apple is very deliberate with their decisions.
Their most popular devices haven't had an ethernet port in a very very long time. You start zooming all that out and they likely wouldn't be able to sell much of it in their $49-$129 accessories business to justify it.
It wouldn’t just be for increased speed. It would also be for added security (for example: instead of using a hotel’s WiFi, you can plug into the room’s Ethernet port).
Don’t worry about that if you have a Wi-Fi 6E router. My iPhone 13 Pro was getting 312 Mbps down on Wi-Fi 6. My iPhone 15 Pro is getting 851 down on Wi-Fi 6E. Same location, same test server. About 8 feet from the router. My maximum speed with a wired connection is 930 down.
If the hotel rooms are on the same network, that's not really safer.